7 Adjusting Our Aim Rebalanced Capabilities  Irregular & Traditional  Phase 0  Naval emphasis  Temporal nature  Requires self- sufficiency early
{"Image DocumentName": "Adjusting Our Aim Irregular Catastrophic Traditional Disruptive", "Image ImageDescription": "Rebalanced. Capabilities. Irregular & Traditional. Phase 0. Naval emphasis. Temporal nature. Requires self-sufficiency early on. Irregular. Catastrophic. Traditional. Disruptive. Though it is inherently difficult to gauge future security challenges with precision, today\u2019s security landscape suggests that it will be perplexing and dynamically unstable. Recent combat operations suggest a shift towards the more complex Contested Zones. These zones include the dense urban jungles and the congested littorals where the majority of the world\u2019s population and economic activity is centered. They also include other forms of complex terrain including mountain sanctuaries. Marines have faced adversaries in these environments in Mogadishu, the Tora Bora, and in Fallujah. Adversaries realize their relative impotence in conventional force-on-force operations, and are making a corresponding effort to draw U.S. forces into an arena where U.S. conventional capability and technological edge are blunted. A part of this dynamic is the presence of increasingly sophisticated opponents, able to employ sometimes crude but often highly effective unconventional tactics and techniques. As seen in Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq, these complex adversaries will adopt tactics and modes of operations in an attempt to offset their conventional disadvantages, and engage U.S. forces in the Contested Zones. \u2026our national strategy calls for more widely dispersed forces to provide increased forward presence, security cooperation, and global response to crises\u2026 The Naval Operations Concept, 2006.", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}